Improvement in horseshoes



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AGEORGE COPELAND, 0F DENVER-COLORADO TERRITORY.

Letters Patent No. 102,504, dated May 3, 1870.

The Schedule referred to in these Afillettem Patent and m'aking part of the same To'all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE COPELAND, of Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and Territory of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horseshoes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled iu the art. to make and use lthe samerreference' being had to t-he accompanying drawings foiming part of' this specifica- A tion.

This invention relates to improvements in horseshoes and the nails for fastening. them on the hoois of animals; and

It consists in making the nails with large double conical heads and the shoes with conntersnnk sockets around the holes, for the reception ofthe parts ofthe enlargements of the heads with which the smaller part-s of the-headsare joined; all arranged so that the may be turned up at the heel, as shown 'at B, the latter being the arrangement which I prefer.

C represent-s the couutersunk sockets, or the nailholes.

D represents the nails; and

E, the enlarged heads thereof, which inthe exam# "ple, are represented in the form of double cones united at the base. A v v These large heads are intended to serve as the calks ot' the shoe, and constitutev .detachable calks, which may be very readily removed, for the substitu tion of others, when worn.

'The parts of the heads fitting in the couutcrsunk sockets are designed for strengthening the nails at the junction of the heads with the other parts.

l These nails or the heads may be made of steel aud hardened or tempered for making them more durable, li'ut they may be made wholly of iron, if preferred.

Having thus described my invention,

" I claim as new'a'nd desire ytosecure by Letters Patentv l. A horseshoe, A B, curved upwardly at the. heel, and provided with six conical holes, as shown and described. V'

2. A horseshoe-nail, having a 'head formed of two cones whose bases lie in the same central plane thereof, as an improvedarticle of manufacture.

GEORGE COPELAND.

Witnesses:

J oHN M. VEASEY, J AMES G. TAYLOR. 

